Cruz win is a slap at status quo

August 2, 2015

Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle

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Holding his daughter Caroline, U.S. Senator candidate Ted Cruz and and his wife, Heidi, holding their daughter, Catherine, appear before a cheerful crowd as Ted Cruz defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a runoff election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston.

Holding his daughter Caroline, U.S. Senator candidate Ted Cruz and and his wife, Heidi, holding their daughter, Catherine, appear before a cheerful crowd as Ted Cruz defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a runoff election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston.